# Incident 19800623056209I: Cessna 172N, Block Island, RI, June 23, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1980, 10:25 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1918° N, 71.5745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Block Island, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1918&lon=-71.5745&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738LC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738LC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 133 total, 11 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800623056209I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER PORPOISING ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N738LC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19971124041159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971124041159I), Nov 24, 1997: Cessna 172N (N738LC), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Collided with approach lights landing short of runway. Reported power loss not verified. (-23) on November 24, 1997, at 1628 mountain standard time, a Cessna…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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